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r the splilt of the constitution
isrled modetatlou If at length so
oqtjby those lu power that evon tho
IanAe of f oodom Is removed and tbn
Mftbcmselves of tho constitution dis
nped ami so far from their petitions
j rem pnstrances being resarded th i
tSTKwbo bear them are thrown Into
Sons and mercenary nrmles Bent forth
tftairtc u new government upon them
iejpolut of the baionet
JoaTJjln conseauonce of such acts of
easance and abduction ou the port
betgovernment anaretiy prevails and
fbocioty Is dissolved Into Its oilRunl
ents In such crisis the first law of
re3Sthe right of seir ptcervation the
fentjand Inalienable rljht of the pro
tojappeal to tlrst principles and take
ytpoUtlcil affairs into their owu bauds
itremc cases enjoins It as a right to
isclyes and a snriod obligation to t3olr
BrttyUo abolish such got eruinent and
tojjanotber In Its stead calculated to
naTtheui from Impending dangers and to
reltheir welfnra and happiness
tIonS as well as Individuals arc amen
Jfor their acts to tho public opinion
Mankind A statement of a part of our
ranees Is therefore submitted to an lm
lallworld In Justification of the hazard
Jbut unavoidable step now taken c
rlngtour political connection with the
leanpeople and assuming an lndepend
litttltude among the nations of tha
lolMexlcan government by its colonlza
laws larlte and Induce the Anglo
irlean population of Texas to colotll cj
frttten constitution that they should
Jnne to enjoy that constitutional libertv
govcrnmint to which thev
been habituated In the land of thetr
bJBtbc United States of Amerlci
T
a
jjtjuhlana and leaving them there pro
to Mexico In tho Interest of the
which he wished to plant In Eastern
He kept an opeu house at the
1 and us < 1 ffeelv bis > nple means
ard tho great object be fcad in view
is a man of ulch moral character
benor cd rlberallty but tie had
obstacles to contend ysitb one of
rt this time wu revolution In
Ti > z Kr LZ
>
1 DECLARATION QF INDEPENDENCE
j
Hf 0
fdejby the Delegalcs of the People ot Texas in General Con I
yention at Washington on March 2 1836
anTS covemmeat has eeaiod to protect
II5 bcrtJ n hc t > rocrtT ot th0
pSSra whom itlnvite powers are
wlfiliid for the advancement of whosn
i l S > It was Instituted and so far
fifi2i a guarantee for tbolr Inostlma
acljnallenabe light becomes an In
S tlu the hand of evil rulers for
fajpprrsston when the ledcrnl repub
fqottltutlon of their conutry vvhbAi
jVVe sworn to support uo longer has
KHBitial esttorn and the whole na
Scjtibrlr government has been forcibly
EjdXwtthoiit their consent fioiu a ro
Qipefederalcd republic composed Of
jelfflM I lo consolidated uilllt
ptigm o whleji every lnlernst Is dls
rded tut that of the army and the
jjnooii both tb eternal oaiuiles ot rlvl
63Cue ever minions of power and
Jisnii Instruments of tyrants wheu
HENRY SMITH
Provisional Governor 183536
stationed nmong us to exercise arbltrTry
atts of oppression and tyranny thus
ttatnpllng upon the most sacred rights of
the citizens null rendering the military su
perior to the civil power
It has dissolved by force of aims the
State of UoihtiilH aud Texas nnd oblled
our representatives to flv for their Vci
iiom tho seat of goicrnment thus depriv
ing us of the fundamental political right
of representation
It has demanded tho suriendcr of a num
ber of our citizens and ordered military
dttachireuts to xcUe and carry them into
the Interior for trial In contempt of fie
civil authorities nnd in defiance of the laws
and the constitution
It has undo piratical attacks upon our
commerce by commissioning foreign des
peradoes and authorizing them to seize
our vessels and convey the property of our
citizens to far distant paitH for confisca
tion
It denies tis the right to worship the
Almighty according to the dictates of our
conscience b > the support of a Nation il
lellglon calculated to promote the temporal
Interest of Its hitman functionaries rather
wilderness under the pledged faith of and by land with he
our territory and drive
i he fount thenoo ttiroctrh Nacogdoches and I opinions freclv not only of the nets thorn
fifteen louguea beyond It thence west to solves but also of tha actorstho govern
the Navnuota thence down this river to uient and tho Mexican people scnMully
the Sun Antonio road and with this ioud isnncedo lu a letter to Edwards says
to the San Jacinto tbouco down Mid river I The accusation ngalnU yon which has or
to within ton leagues of tho cosst and rested the attention of the supreme gov
ale u tho coast ten leagues from It to the i eminent Is the ordinance which you your
placo of begiuulne TbJs boundary In self published In October of tho past year
eluded iho tluo lands of Uio Trinity Neches proclaiming yourself the military chief of
and Angelina ajid with tho exception of that part of the State and demanding of
Austins giant It was perhaps the most the old Inhabitants tho titles ot tho lands
dctlrablo location In Texas I which thev possessed
When IMwards arrived In the United uy his contract Edwards had power to
States ho requested bis brother llcnjanilu I raise the National militia of which he was
W IMwards then nt Jackson Ml to declared to be chief Austin controlled
visit Texas with a view of aiding htm In the mllltla of his colony and called then
building up his colony Benjamin coraphVd Into service when It became necessary but
and to Americans mi lei tis
at once Journeyed tile now State
and spent tccrnl mouths with Stephen r
Austin couvcrclug with him on the subject
of the great enterptiso ot peopling the < om
try with Americans from the United Stale
Edwards labored under a disadvantage It
regard to his colony from which Aus lu
w g entirely free Tart of the DJwar Is
grant was occupied bv Mexltnns and the
old settlers of the neutral ground while
that of Austin was unsettled The Me1
cans about Nacogdoches hud but recently ng hla brother Benjamin to act as his
aV g S WSr1T v i was familiar wlti all the faU
which suronndort the
wern to some extent hostile to the Ame I of tho difficulties
cans and entirely unwilling that an Amerl colony He wiote a Ions letter to Stephen
can should be placed over them Some of r Autln detailing a history of these
them bud ha
too were men who I tied
to tho murines of Mexico to avoid the difficulties and asking his adlee no ulso
punishment due their crimes Our readers wrote to tho Baxon do Bastrop then a
will understand that Eastern Texas was member of the State congress at Saltlllo
within the eouftues of Mexico at that time i i
him of tho facts In question
Manv Americans were here as well as l
Mexicans long before these contractus for
colonists camo upon the scfoe Man of
these had setted lu a Ftrlp of Isul nesr
the Sabine river caled the ne tral
ground Those people had no particular
objection to Hnvdcn IMwnrds but w le
opposed to all rules and all Mibordlnathm
of an kind With huch men as these Kd
wards had to deal In carrjlug out his con
tract
Among th settleis found In this colnnv
was Colonel Kills 1 Bean n verv nitd
and Interesting character who had met
he only bad com
mand The Intention of tho Mexican au
thorities was to dl po ess Ivdna ds of Is
lands on account of tho Mexican enemies
he had around him and every pretext was
seized upon to ncruse him to those in
power and have his contracts annulled
+ 4 +
Hayden Edwards left for the Unit d
States early In the summer of 1S20 leav
Austin replied lu answer to his I iter lu
a very friendly one to Kdvvatu aud ad
vised him to wrlto dltectly to the gover
nor glliig u pjitlcular account of the
conduct of both parties at Nacogdo < lie
rollowlng this advice Beujumln Ulwurds
addtossed to lotruer Blanco a long aud
mauly letter presenting a full hltoi pf
the difficulties in the colony detailing tne
stupidity of Norrls the treacben of Polo
nel tJalues his brothcrlnIaw wbo dirert
cd aud controlled blm In oil of his ofwinl
acts and also of the efforts made and
with many adventures In Texas nnd Mexl still making by Hayden Hdwards to bilng
co lie came to tho countrv with Phi lp on Itumlgriints lie further stated that hc
Nolan and rthMs and In a battle with the understood that sorlousitHiarges had beiu
Snanlauls In 1fc4X > Ui which Nolnn was piefercd agalust his brtitber and that his
killed Been wis captured and carried to biotbcr had no notice of them and was at
Mexico and there imprisoned for a lo jr i that time absent engaged In tilling bis
time but he < as tlnallv released dining a I contract but would return In a few weeks
revolution undrr a promise to tight for i until which time he nsked the goernor
the king of Spain Tie soon deserted the i to wait that the cmpresarlo might aae an
roial cniiFO and Joined the patriot leader onpoitunity to defend himself and be fur
Morales and was In manv desperate bat I nisueil with a specific statement of trtc
ties but Morales was killed and the fl es ihurgcs against him This letter was
of the revolution dvlng out Be n left aud I worthy of n freonian and In a fri e eotiu
lslted his tiithe State of Tennessee The try would have been applauded Dlwirds
newsof the liberation of Mclm nnd the < nl tcceled an answer from Ooeinor IUmco
for colonisti Induced blm a alu to come to width after stating thnt the letter of the
Texas and he located himself at the Mound former was not sufficiently lespectfnl re
lralrle tho ancient town of Texas and capitulating the charges against Uavdcn
obtained from the Mexican government for Edwards concludes thus
bis setvlces in the In Wcw of such pioceedlngs which
iL loudtitlon refeii d to i v u nu iuvuvhhiii by wmv
a prnit for a league of land Inclcdlne his ooulmt of HnMleu Cdwards Is well a
resilience tested I hiw decreed the miuulment ot bis i
After making neccssarr arrangements lu contrn < i and his expulsion from the terrl I
the United States for of the icpubllc In the discharge of tin
i
bilnglng on colonists turj H
Hayden Kdwiuds set out for his new home supreme ordeis with which I am iuwst d
aud reached Nacogdoches with his fnudlv He has lost the confidence of the gorm l
than the glory of the true and living God out the middle of October 1S2 > Tne ment which Is suspicious of his fidelity I K
It has demanded us to deliver up our I wnnl lf n conveyance prevented him from Besides It Is not prudent to ndnilt those
arms which axe essential to our defense reporting his anUnl to the polltlfal chief t > ho begin by dlctnlng laws as sovcnUns
tbu rightful property of freemen and for JS 1 Antonio before the 6tb of January If to jou or your coustltutrnt tlieve mejs
mldabe only to ty Jutleal governments following He then Informed thnt funo ue > are unwclconic and prejudicial von
It has luvaded our
n
couutrv both by sea I t0IlnrJ that be had been using his best enu apply to the suprenie gocrniiient bur lj
Intent to lay wastii efforts muop bis airlval to restote ordep 3on will first cicunto the couiitii both K
from homes n l Pcrstindo the people to place tueiu yourself and Hayden Edwards foi wnbh If
our
selves under the
and has now a large mercenary armv ad laws and that he hail purpose I this day repent my oideis to the
vnnclnt to carry ou against us a war of rcloraJlv succeeded with some two or three authorities of that department lu the ee
exterminatlon i exceptions these wore Jose Antonio Sepul cutlon of which as the > will expel from the
It has through Its emissaries Incited l Ins Ioiela a coop > of liifaim country all evildoers so tbe will evtend
the
U1 tn > li
tthla expectation thev have been cruel merciless sivuge with the tomahawk and t had been guilty of forging piolcctlon to those of worth probliv
ilsappolnted Inasmuch as the Me cin scalping knife to massacre the Inhabitants lratR for money and laud titles for sale nd neful skill that hao fpttled thurli
onlhas acquiesced to the late chsngei of our defenceless frontiers the other had fled from confinement In tho nl ne siibnilsse to the laws and con
laKln the govcrnncnt by General An i It has been duriug the whole time of our l 0 stes leailng his famih there sHiitort luthorltles
io Xopea de Santa Anna wno hnvlng connection with It the contemptible sport a roeeln since he had come to Nicog Previous to this letter linden Udwards
Hnrfied the constitution of his countiy and victim of successive mllltarv revolu cues had been acting as alcalde same ud returned to Texas but inc iimor came
goffers as the cruel alternative either tlous and hath exhibited every ch aructerls ls our J lee of the peace by proxy u that his contract had been annullel Tins
abandon our homes trqulrad by o tie of n weak corrupt and tyrannical gov tnln unheard of Iir the biws of a re thiew evervthlug lnti coiifuslon The M x
Hjpilvatlcns or submit to tlie most ernment public IMwnrds further said that his enu population lu anticipation linnie
Herable of all tyranny the corahlwd Theee and other grievances wcie patiently ProsPeets for fulfilling his contract weie dlateiy set up claims to all the valniMs
potlsm of the swoid and the priest bomo by the people of Texas until thev K0C an after In losing to him copl places occupied by the Ainetleans Nwili
d M reached that point at which forbearance of lH olelal nets hinted to him iiUted all the ordeis tliev imkeil anl
ihfn sacrlttced our welfare to the State ceases to be vlittie We then took up arms tlle turbulent elaraef r hid liee i tJaliun was leidy with a ennpam of rig
Coahnlli by which our Interests havn In defense of tho National constitution t cns of the United States he would ulars to enfeuce th > n Bv these means th
no rtlnlt lth Atueileans
oSeontlnnnlly depressed through n Jeal We appealed to our Mexican brethren for tom u a v rT energetic were dispossessed aud driven
Vend partial course of legislation car assistance our appeal has been made In anner as he had a right to do under fiwn theli homes fined tiud Impilsoiipd so I
jtonlat n far distant seat of govcrnmeut vain though mouths have elapsed no syin Jl1 contract This lPtter was not relished hit matters became Intolerable The t > I
alhostlle majority In an unknown pathetic respouse hns been heard from the tll < tldet IMw irds h d re lannv of Nonls and Ontncs hid caused nil
Irue fand this too notwithstanding vv 1 lnteilor we uic theiefore forced to the f0 rrr to ue Icntirnneo of these two bad f tutlr Amerlnn piitliins to deseri theei
plpetltloned In Uie humblest terms for melancholy conclusion that the Mexican eharacteis They were Mexicans so was and nicnsuies wet being t iken bv tho
establishment of a separato State gov people have acquiesced In the destruction iic nlef Jnt there was another cause Ameilcins tc take vengeance for the wrongs
irent nnd have In accordance with tint of their liberty and the substitution there ° fense In 1S1I Nacogdoches was com which the had sulYeied i
Visions of the National constitution pre for of a military government that thev Plttfly swept by the Invasion of Long Hnnlly oftlclal Infoimatlon was received
iedtfo the general congress a republican are unfit to be free and lucapnblc of self Ture was not a human being left to gov of the annulling of the contrait and the de
stitution which was without a Jn government e n or be governed Nor did thev return trrt of expulsion of the empresnrlo nnd hit
ieTlcoutiuiptuously rejected Tho necessity of selfpreservation there fPr ome time Pievlous to ism thcie brother llnjden IMvvards had espendel
aincarcerated In a dungeon for a long fore now decrees our eternal political PPn nlie a few old giants of bind KK0 In his enterpilse and eullsted the j
sen
Sone of our citizens for no other cnusi arntlon I n ers If alive had left the couutrv set vices of hundieds who had come or were i
Ifftijsscalou endeavor to procure CV ac < We therefore the delegates with plennry P most f lne Krauts had lapsed for the way or preparing to assist In carry
Jance of our constitution and the estab powers of the people of Texas In solemn e want of ou owner After Mexico had lBB ollt the muttact It he had minmltteil
trint of a Stato government conventlou assembled appealing to a can epleved her Indepenileuce a few of the unv oflcnse whs was he nnl tried Win
jlhas failed and refused to secure on did world for the necessities of our condl o11 eltiyens of Nacogdoches had come In uJt hluc u inv n t to dsteud himself
rtnlbasls the right of trial by Jnrv that tlon do herebv resolve and declare that nUn KOnl > newcomers so thnt bv the There must have been some other cni e or
tndlnm civil llbertv and only safe guar our political connection with the Mexican time rjdwnrds reiched there the town nnd Influence at the capital of Mexico other
IUU1
science that unless a people are educat
andfenlghtened It Is Idle to expect the
tlnoance of civil llberts or the capacity
arlfgovenment
bar suffered the military commandants
inoioui U1UUUB uiiu conscious or tne ree v i > > i imus
tltudc of our Intentions we fearlessly and n ml l hpfamo neccssarr to make an fmnl iiniibtr woiild never subni i t
confidently commit the Issue to the supreme nM llp hc engaged In that business also svsieiu of administration thnt some
aildtet of the destinies of nations + Ing inoie than the nnie of llbeity way
needed their views of
In witness whereof we have hereunto sub
scribed our names Richard Ullls
President and Delegate from Ucd Itlver
A t < st II S Clmiile Scoturj
C B Stewart John S Huberts
James Collingsworth Itobert Hamilton
Edwin Waller Collin McKlnney
A Brlgham A H latimoic
John S D Byrom James Power
Francis r is
T Antoi lavarro
AVIllIam D Iacy
William Menefee
John Fisher
Matthew Caldwell
William Motley
Samuel P Carson
Thomas J Rusk
Sam Houston
rdwnid Conrad
Martin Palmer
James Gaines
William Clark Jr
Sydney O Penning
ton
Lorenzo dc Zavala
jeorge Wj Smyth
iWIUlam C Crawford Stephen II Everett
John Turner
Benjamin Briggs
Goodrich i
William B Lcates
Ctl II Menard
A B Hnrrllu
John W lliinton
rlljah Stcpp
Claiborne West
James G Swisher
George W Barnet
Jesse Grimes
E O Iegrand
David Thomas
that which nfterwaid lequlied the com
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MOUNING MARCH 21902
We are not only the oldest
but the MOST SKIMXD
AND StVCKSSKUL S1M1
CIAMSIS In the South to
dav llivlng devoted our
lifetime to the Much of our
specialty hap In ought suc
cess unequnled by atw otuer
dortoi or Institute In this
country No matter wh t
may be yaur trouble or how
complicated we can and
wiu cuke you wn
never promise more than
we can do nnd If we can not
euro vou wt will franklv
ti II you so We uever hold
out false hopes or decelvo
our patients us Is done by
o many others
Given under my hand this 17th day of
fcAVID G BURNET 1S36
MI
H S Kimble
S > rosldent ad Interim 1830 Secretary of the Convention
ivvt oaaoo ooooeeeoccoeoooo ooooo o ooo
JfeynCM cnUAOnC His Unfortunate Col
onization Scheme
icmcnrs of llie Fredonian War the First Skirmish of Texas Freedom
rtfRll the erapresarlos or colony con Mexico but ho remained until the aglia
w mperors on a
bw enlolned on his son Sepheu to M or cacn yj families they should Intro
Si out his plans and It was to get duce the weie en llisl to flfioeu leignes
4 anrt two ors 00774 of laud
grants oouQrmed and final Instruc or mren
ahs premluni hl > Beer Con d not exceed
MJIn rjard to ihe government of hU fcrtyflve leagoes and sx labors no mat
teuy tht took Stepheii P Austin to tho tfy what number of families should be In
iScon capita In Wi
I troduceU TJie contractor was bound to
nave theae lauds ami cultivated
peojilod
Harden Kdwards was a wealthy and In i within twdve years from tho time they
ttiient gentleman Ho tools his family were conceded and to sell or dispose ofT
> twothirds of it lu a s n
in twenty years
In this year many other concessions of
lauds wcie made to comractors The lands
were rich and Inviting the scejaery was
lovely and the climate unsurpassed Thou
sands camo It was n impulse of the
AngloSaxon race crowding westward
lbe lands of Hayden IM wards as desig
nated n his contract were bounded on the
east by a line bcglaulng twenty leasuca
from the Patriae rlvea anattn leagues trota
pjrtj
included the ballots and dec
of Chaplin The latter then
take possession of the archives
of the of
friend of the Texan and real
flee and eufiert upon Its duties All tils Jwn was j coouwi iuiu
magistrate or oeal judge i tLtniaelves
Other causes for difficulties arose Be Huvius ral ed the Hag of Independence
foro Edwards had mads his contriet a man I tbey began to oignnlze their foi cos and
by tha nan o of Tranimnl had emigrated government Coonel Martin Parmer one
b w tne Mexican govorunient for Ion A man wit l a r a a n hVBkSSU0 of colon the most
Mexcan up to the ciosslng and suppMed
hlir and his family with food Old Ser
tiche finding the situation here pleasant
and profitable managed to have the occu
pant d spnssessed und himself Instilled
After lMvvards csine and these facts being
reported to him be took steps to repotse s
the tiue occupant This was all reported
to th rilttcal hlef Jo o Antonio Saneorto
and hertuche was again placed nt the fer
ry The oul < reason given by Bniicedo for
tills highhanded a t was that Hertuche was
a Mexican aud entitled to the preference
Manv other Instances occurred where
these distinctions wore made and Americans
who had come Into the country and made
Improvements were compelled to give place
to Mexican favorites of Snpiilvedi and Nor
rls the two alcaldes who occupied the
Judicial chair during the years 1K5 and
liSO Americans would not besr tho
tnlngs patiently they expressed their
daring and vigilant men lu the
appointed to the command of
flul suitable Justices of the
themselves
dlt
beld
Manuel
the
On
n to
bites
men
Into a
first
s to
y of Texas uetween the
Indians inostlj Cherokees and the Amer
icans The Indians were to have all that
portion Ivlng north of a line beginning at
tin month of Sulphur Tort thence to n
point not far flora Nacogdoches thence
west to the Itio ramie all the territory
south of that boundary to belong to the
other parti Tlie > together were to prose
cute the war against Mexico until their
Independence wa gained
At first glance such a proceeding as this
seems farcical and that It was only en
tcred Into bv the white men to satlsfj
the Indians for the tluio being aud gain
their hearty cooperation In the collision
with the Mexican authorities which now
seemed Inevitable This however whs not
the case all oartJes to the transaction
were Hi dead earnest
fbo war was commenced with the expec
tation thati ill of th American ssuieio
uuuss the sablue
lu the meantime the Mexican troops un
der a coinmuuder named Abuuudu vvote
i iito cliit icoguucuis tun iieeUon
laus beating of this scut an express to Aes
i Mm
V n s < w r j J v f VVV l Wf
Chronic Nervous and Private Diseases
Varicocele Stricture Contagious Blood Poison and Nervo
Sextial Debility
Oonorrhea Gleet Varicocele Piles and all Kidney and
Bladder Diseases
PERMANENTLY CURED Fortv Years Successful Practice
lniUtB IS NO rVTCHWOKK AUOVT OIiU THETMKN1 T1IK CHUB IS
lUUKLf 1 AND IllltMANDNr
Doctors Betts Dyars Advice to Men
Men mrnv of yon are now reaping the result ot your former folly Yonr
manhood Is falling and will soon lie lost unless you do somehliig for your
self There Is uo time to lose Imnotenej like nil sewinl diseases Is never
on the standtill With It you can mnke no compromise Kttber yon must
master It or It will master jou nil i till your whole future with ltusery and
Indescribable woe We have trolled so mauy cases of his kind tbai wo are
as familiar with them as you are with the very davllght Once cored by us
tou will never ngnln be bothered with emlsslous dinliw prematnroiiesn small or
weak organs nervousness falling in morv loss of nniblnon or other vmptoin
which rob yon of your manhood and absolutely unfit jou for study business
plensure or marriage Out tieatui nt for weak men will eonert nil these
evils and restote jou to what nature Intendeda hale healthy happy man
with phjslcal mental nnd sexual powers complete
Varicocele
Under our trcntnient this Insidious disease rapidly disappears Ialn ceases
almost Instantly The pools ot stirnnnt blood arc drlveu fiom thn dilated
veins and nil sorencsN and swelling quickly subsides Uwry Indication of
Varicocele soon vanishes aud In Its s cad comes tho pride the power nnd tho
pleasure of perfect health and leatotcd manhood
Stricture
Our cure dissolves the stricture completely and removes every obstruction
from the urinary pasfnge allays all lullntiitiiallot stops every unnatural cs
charge reduces thej prostate uUud cIwiiwh and heals the bladder and
kidneys invigorates the sexual organs and restores health and soundness to
eveiy part of the body affected by the disease
Specific Blood Poison
Our special form of treatment for this dlseaao Is praitlcally the result
of our life work and Is Indorsed bv nil the Ixwt pliv Man < t ff this and foreign
conn lies It contains no dangerous drugs or Injnilous nudliliirfs of anv
kind It goes to the ver boiioiu of the dl > ease et d forces out every pnrtloV
of Inpiltv Soon every sKii and svn torn disappear completelv and the
bones and the whole system are e i auscd purified and restored to perfect
health nnd the patient prepared anew for the duties and plennmes of life
NervoSexual Debility
0 ir cure for weak men stops o en drain of > igor and builds up the mus
cular and nervous symptoms puritl s and cnrldies the blond clestisos and
bonis the bladder and kldnejs invliointes tin liver revives the splrlls blight
iw the Intellect and above and bejond nil restores the was cd power
of sexual manhood
Reflex Diseases
Many aliments are roDcx orlslnntlng from other diseases Tor Instance
sexual weakness sometimes conies from Varicocele or Stiletnre Innumerable
blood and bone discuses often resu I fiom contagious b ood taints In the svs
teui or pbvslcal aud mental dp lie fiequentlv follow linpotrncy In treating
lng dlsenses of any kind we nlvvnjs remove the origin wo cure the cause
We absolutely guarantee n cure in every case accepted
by us f jr treatment
No matter who has treated you and failed we can cure jou CON
SULTATION FKIJE AND SUltrUI IOXKinrcVTIAI Our new sjsiem
of mall treatment Is perfectly satlsnctorv If jou can not call write for
perfect question list CIIllhtATUD MKDirAI WOltK of eighty pages on
nervous chronic and delicate diseases sont free Thousand cuicd A
frlendlv letter or call may save vou futaic siiffeilng anO shauio and add
golden years to life Addicts or call on
DRS BETTS BETTS DYAR
214 Si Charles Street Opposite St Clurlcs Hotel New Orleans La
aiiii aw 7i <
to satisfy a fiee couu
uv ttie second article In the contract of tiy If all of this trouble bt tvoti Cdwaids < ond Indians In Texas would Join the Id
Edwards the possessions found In Nacog
doches and Its vicinity with the correspond
ing titles wcie to be respected by the colo
nist and it was made the duty of Edwards
should any of theso old possessots claim
their lights to respect them pending an
nnd the Mexican officlnls hid come a little
later on he could have hoi I his owu and
von the da but the time was uot jet by
a lew vrais foi thf enure Amerlrin people
iu Toius to ailse en tvusso and taum > tf
the hateful joke and beioine a free people
HajUen IMvvnids aud Ills friends atteuiptel
waids pan and that volnnteeis fiom the
the Fiee
rnlttd istates would rally to
nnln stiiudaid Had lhic lesulU lol
lownl the i evolution might Iiave Iwen sue
ifssiiil Imt as beore letuaikcd the time
vas not jet at baud by a tew yeuis tint
Uhs was the vouimeiicemeiit A message
was sent to NiU hltoebes for volimtieis
iwmmmsszsmm
and during the days of the Republic repre
sented his district lu conguMs in 1M0
be went to tallforuli and died there After
the close of the Tcias reiolutlon Hayden
Kdwards letiirued no Texas and at one
Ihr 111 dstui 111 1ie Teiit
congress Ilenjamlr I dwards was rulsli
a company In Mis is Ippl for the Texas
nimv when he beaid t the battle of 8nn
In 1FB7 b was n can Hdtite for
Ippl but died during
A J Sow all
gieat offense to the Mexican authorities lue seinns on Edwaids grant were de
About tiie same time Edwards Issued a termlued to lesltt He and his brother
notice tor the election or mllltla otrieeis Beujamln on the 13tb of December lb d
to occur on the 15th day ot Decern ier visited the colonists bejoud the Attodjc
16J5 and lu the sam untlce he advl ed for the purpose of talsing forces On their
f i i ed
After the llrst day or two of excitement
hail piused auu thvle IibIIV no luiuiiuiai
Uju ci ui au atijuk from the uueiu in
X iiciioutuiis le mil Ui tuulr uouieo ku
lellevp that opportunity
each mans door
thnt verv ctcntlv re
SRES MMES
Soreo and Ulcerj never become chronic
unless tho blood 13 ia poor condition is
pliiggish weak and unable to thro oil
the jwiaons that accumulate ia it The
glow
declared in favor milos J tow alui > tHe t te of Ue muau tue luuw uud u aoun Uuuu systeOT Ulust be relieved of the unhealthy every
n i3 i ° a feeling theie retieated In the dlrec i1Uiaei a vvm uiuu uiucu d uui o Hie J t i ITTi VZ I was
I
oTtbe tln ot the lnln t0 awalt elntoreoment toil and chingd upou Norru and nis oU matter throili Ucsore andcrcatdanger before
b u the cuaig uud iml to Ufa would fallow should it heal
with the aid of the mllitU I Fieedonlaus as the American colonists
On lecelpt of this document the people wo then styled tcclplents of free dona
were all assembled to hear It read Thv nous of laud cujibeted 2W men ruey
Qii > i nil the Injunction l and iamuel xm i took pusssslon nf the stone house In
of tueU K was all mowu is
i ter oiguu uou stiength
Norrls U rti a rjpQM 71iE SYSTEM
eci
uw
was duly Inducted Into the offee of tha Nacogdoches rnd commenced fortifying rouue iieuiumm wji effetemattcr
f and in Texas upon which < o n
j n
wouuueu auu uoout hail oi tiioir > upw thc ncnerel healtji and removing from
tne rupoit ot tuU eonHloi drew inauy of °
the Free uulmiis into tho place ami u bet t c system j CONSTANT DRASH
nnd lla sore ot
Noirts The latter howovei wu safely charge cpdually
ulcer hcaU It ia the tendency of these old
indolent sores to grow worse and vrorse
end eventually to destroy the bones Local
applications vhlle toothing and to some
bayou lor assistance but Keau tiad aiieudy extent nllcvtatc pain cannotreach the seat
been at work among them and tlley had of the trouble S S S docs nndnornattcj
dciu i to u KViM fniuThSS how apparently hopeless your condition
h
u i
ashaTth e1r forSS WcVne even tKugh vLr cWitiAion has broken
uud do their part In the war according to down it will bring relief when nothing
the compact made with them Uete how else can It supplies the rich pure blood
ever Kdwurds aud hW udliereuts wero again nccessarv to h i Ulc BOrc an a nourish
off Beuu bad been among them ft il
headed m jv t i
debilitated diseased
iilno and prondsed the Cheioboeu and their the body
associate bands large grunts of land and Mr J OTalbertXocc2ox js Winona Miss
they Joined the Mexlcaus Huntsr who had JSi Six yearj cgp my leg from the knee to
loiig been associated with the CUciokecs the foot was one solid sore Beveral physician
alone remained faithful to the Americans Hl lfi I I 1 1
tii > imllMUk killed him i but found no relief I was induced to try S 5 S
on the mondng of Jnuwr 27 Ib27 c I 5 t de I have Uea a per
ilie f T rw ° ef
nareu that entire foi e ani
Iuihui
in
were marching ngalust SE S Si 13 the only purely vcg
of the
them and were then In twelve miles of U S V > etable blood punuer
Naogdidus Nothing was now left fn x < Rv V58y fe lenovvn contains no
Edwards and liU party but to Uy the conn
try and nccoidliixly they evacuated Hie
place cu the Jilst ind iio < s il the Snbiuo
MsVT
poisonous minerals to
ruin the digestion end
nv r The Mtxlein force entered the m vi add to rather than relieve your suffer
shortly after the rreedpnliins had left but SR3 If your flesh doc3 not heal readily
the Influence of Stephen 1 Austin fcilei
through when scratched bruised or cut your blood
tue Inhabitants nnd prisoners taken wero
nested with humanity
Although Colonel James Gaines took sides
against the Ireedonlans wo must give blm
credit for the part hc took In the Texas
revolution later Ue entered heartily Into
this mid was a uicmer of the convention
that dtcUrad tb Indipendtnce of Taxu
iain bad condition and any ordinary tore
is apt to become chronic
Send for our free book and write out
physicians about your case Wc make va
choree for this tervicc
THE 8WIPT SPECIFIC CO ATLANTA BJU
O 1
TO DISCOURAGED MEN
If You Have Suffered From Any of the Chronic Diseases Now
So Prevalent Anions Men Dont live Up Alt HopeMI3e
cause You Have Been Treated By Others In Vain
Seek the Skill of Successful Specialists
AND AT ONCE CONSULT
ORS BETTS BETT
k OYAP
ANNOUNCEMENrs
Wo hereby announce ourselves as candi
dates for aldeuncn of tho city f Ilomton
of our respective wards subject to tb >
nction of the democratic piimsrlen and
hereby declaro ourselves lu favor ot th
fotlnwlng plntfoim
v
hVe f n ° uimildtial ownersiliv t nil
public millin nnd especially farm t
cltv oweleg and operating Its own w < r
woiks mid light plant
We favor public Improvemetilji
II We favor a strict enforcement ot <
tonlrarts entered Into by the city
4 Wo favor creating n sinking fond if
flclent to care for bonds nt imitmlty
B We favor Hint In grunting frnrhleV
the city shttid be well compensates ft
same and her rights well ftiauled auu pro
tec tid c
0 We favor the encouragement of mium
fiietuilug IiMlustilrs f
7 Wo favot union wages and union
linn i n
8 We favor an efficient lire and pnlbf
depnUmetit
I We favor the cllj making such provl
slous as arc necessary for the publli
schools of the city to tuoet their pecuniary
obligations as same matuie uu I the lay
lng aside of a certain percentage of the
cltjs revenue for their msluteuxaao and
cipeiutlou
10 We favor tti administration of the
affalis of the city lu an economical and
businesslike manner
For Aldermen
Flist Waid W J Kohlhanff Uenry
Puis
Second Ward Felix Schrnm James A
Thompson
Third WardG C Street Edgar Wat
Fourth WardIloruinn T Keller T W
Archer
Fifth Wardllobert L Jones Stove N
Gnr cv
Sixth WnrdW T Wall J Z Gaston
I hereby tntloise tho nbovo platform aud
respet tfullv solblt the people of tlous
ton to vote tor and HUppott the above nam
ed candidates for aldcimen
O T Holt
F03 MAYOR
At the solicitation of a large number ot
the cltlreus of Hoistou I heioby auuouneu
uivself a eandtdato for tho office of mayor
subject to tho democratic ptlmatlcs
0 T Holt
CHIEF o f POLICE
I hereby announce as a candidate for
Chler of Police subject to action ot the
dcmoomtlc piiuiailcs Geo Ullls
I hereby announce as a candidate for
chief of police subject to the actlou of thv
deuioeintle pilniarles
Thomas OLcary
I hereby announce mvself as a candi
date for the office of chlof of police nib
Joct to action of tho democratic nrlmuriw
John W Howard
I hereby announce myself sh a candidate
for the office of chief of police subject to
the action of the democratic primaries
J M icay
1 hereby announce as n candidate for
Chief oi Folic subject to eHon of Uie
demociutlo intmnilcs J O Blackburn
The Post Is authorised to auiiouuco J 11
Nie as > cniiillUte foi chief of police tub
Ject to the action of the democratic prl
marles
CITY TREASURER
I herebv announce nijsclf as a candidate
or ie election to the office of city ticas
mer subject to tho action of the demo
cratlc pilniarles A A Matio
CITY ATTORNEY
I heiebv announce inv > elf as a candidate
for the office ot oily attorney subject to
the action of tho denioi i ulc ihy prlmarlos
Ingham S itohcrts
At the solli nation of mv many friend
who have contributed to my nunonncement
fund 1 announce injuetf as a candidate for
uelcctlon to the eftlee of cltj attorney
subject to the action of the democratic
primaries J ° o M > am
1 heiebv announce mjsclf as a cnndldato
for the office of city attorney subject to
the actlou of the democrailc primaries
T 11 Stone
HEALTrijOFFICER
The Post Is jutboiised to announce Dr
W M Hrumbj as a candidate for City
Health Officer subject to the action of
the democratic prlmarls
1 herebv announce myself ns a candidate
for health officer subject to the action ot
tho democratic prlnarles
J G Boyd M D
CITY ASSESSOR
I herebv announce myself as a candldat
for nelection to the office of city assessor
and collector subject to tho action of the
democratic pilmurles
James P Wchb
STREET COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce as ft enndldate for the
oHch < Street Commissioner subject to
the nctloa of tho democratic prim irles
Jnik Konnedy
At the solicitation of mv manv friends
I announce uiv olf as a candidate for te
eejtjon or the ofrW of street cnninis
sloner of the cltv of Houston snbct to the
action of the democratic primaries
Mntt Orennan
FOR ALDERMAN
I am n cinlbM fo4 alderman of the
Siooud wnid sobloot tf the ictlon of Hn
piled tt pessimist but I neVi hend o diinociatlc primaries nnd respectfully so
it linking tho bell pull out by the roots Kelt vonr Lpport
C Ed Senegal
Indicate n morbid condition ot the seba
ceous glands Squtviing them out does
not cure and cautes large pores that be
come very dUlmuring
With my scientific liomo trcotmepts
spcelallv prepured for en li case 1 positive
ly euro all aleitlniia i t too skinand re
store to the coroplxlou n healthy rescito
lu
I remove eerv lino and row
spot and blcnlsh from tho face or
rcndenuEthesklnclearandfrnoom
or
Consultation fn person
by letter ts free an I ltrletlr
confidential W cars practi
cal experience
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